Removing The Doors; Prepare For Removing Doors; Remove Refrigerator Top Hinge Cover/Door - Electrolux Side-By-Side Use & Care Manual

Getting through narrow spaces
If your refrigerator will not fit through an entrance area, you can reduce its
size by removing the doors. Check first by measuring the entrance.
to prepare for removing the doors:
1 Make sure the electrical power cord is unplugged from the wall outlet.
2 Open both doors and remove the toe grille (as explained in the
Installation Instructions that came with your appliance).
3
Remove any food from the door shelves.
4
Close the doors.
to remove the refrigerator top hinge cover:
1
Remove the three screws from each cover over the top door hinges.
2
Lift hinge cover straight up and off.
to remove the refrigerator door:
1
Trace lightly around the door's top hinge with a pencil. This makes
reinstallation easier.
2 Remove the two screws from the top hinge. Lift the door off of the
bottom hinge and set it aside.
adjustable Hinge
(some models)
3 Remove the two bottom hinge screws and hinge if necessary.
To reinstall the refrigerator door, reverse the above steps.
caution - Be sure doors are set aside in a
secure position where they cannot fall and
cause personal injury.
to remove the freezer top hinge cover:
1 Remove the two screws from each cover over the top door hinges.
2 Lift hinge cover straight up and off.
to remove the freezer door:
1 Detach the multi-wire cable connector located above the top
hinge. Grasp both sides of the connector firmly and pull apart.
remoVinG tHe Doors / installinG Door HanDles
non-adjusting Hinge
(some models)
2 Trace lightly around the hinge with a pencil. This makes
reinstallation easier.
3
Detach the water tube from the connector located below the
freezer door. The connector releases when you press its outer
sleeve inward.
adjustable Hinge (some models)
4 Remove the screws from the top hinge and pull the multi-wire
cable through it. Lift the door off of the bottom hinge.
5 Remove the two bottom hinge screws and hinge if necessary.
6
Lay the door on its side to avoid damage to the water tube
extending from the bottom hinge.
To reinstall the freezer door, reverse the above steps.
Once both doors are in place, ensure they are aligned with each other
and level (Please see "To level the doors using the lower hinge" for
models with adjustable lower hinges or "To level the cabinet using the
front rollers" for models with the non-adjustable lower hinges in the
"Installation" section.), then replace the top hinge cover.
Door Handle mounting instructions
1 Remove handles from carton and any other protective packaging.
2 Position freezer handle end caps over upper and lower pre-
installed shoulder bolts (A) that are fastened into door, ensuring
the holes for the set screws are facing towards the refrigerator
door.
3
While holding handle firmly against door, fasten upper and lower
Allen set screws (B) with supplied Allen wrench.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to install refrigerator handle. Ensure the
holes for the set screws are facing towards the freezer door.
note - All set screws should be tightened and sub-flush (Allen set
screw should be seated just below the surface of the end cap) of handle
end cap. The end caps should be drawn tight to freezer and refrigerator
doors with no gaps.
4
non-adjusting Hinge
(some models)